BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It’s time to trade your boots for a hat. That is if you’ve gone to the Mahomet Area Youth Club’s Boot Scootin’ Auction and plan to go to Hats Off to MAYC. For the last four years, MAYC has held its annual fundraiser in June at Schroeders’ […]
Mahomet-Seymour High School will host their annual variety show Jan. 24 and 25 at 7 p.m. and on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium. Tickets can be purchased here. The Emcee: Caleb Benedict ACT I “Coat of Many Colors” Jamey Slade “Chasing Cars” Mattie Lekis* “Hey Brother” Kinnamon […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour Color Guard took the court and first place with their color guard routine at the Illinois Drill Team Association (IDTA) competition in Clinton Saturday. They also placed second with their Lyrical flag routine. Both routines qualified the Bulldogs for the IDTA State Competition on February […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs (5-2) dominated a three-school meet on Thursday at Lincoln. M-S’ winning point total of 100 was more than the other two competing schools had combined, Lincoln (57) and Stanford Olympia (23). The Bulldogs took first in all three relays and also had winning efforts in […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron scored a career-high 17 points on Thursday, but M-S suffered a 54-48 Apollo Conference loss at Effingham. Orgeron also hit a new career-high with five three-point field goals. The 5-foot-10 freshman totaled 46 points and six three-pointers in her first 16 high school games, but […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Six Bulldogs won both matches on Thursday as Mahomet-Seymour opened its Apollo Conference wrestling schedule with a split at Effingham. The Bulldogs (15-1 overall) defeated the host school 73-6 before losing to Mattoon 37-32 in a match decided by the final bout. In the most-recent Illinois Best […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com If there is one thing that can bring generations of people together, it’s music. Especially when it’s the songs that Elvis Presley sang. Bringing generations together is exactly what The Glenwood Assisted Living of Mahomet has set its sights on over the years. And on Jan. 23, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com With balanced scoring continuing to be a bonus, the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team extended its winning ways with three victories by margins of nine, or fewer, points. The team’s winning streak was at 17 games before Thursday’s 40-35 loss to Champaign Jefferson. The seventh-graders are 17-3 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman is not a basketball player who focuses on records and individual milestones. The Mahomet-Seymour senior was not immediately aware of the significance of the game he had on Tuesday at Mattoon. He knew he had scored 44 points – that knowledge was hard to […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@sjodaily.com A kiss on the forehead during a snuggle with an infant is not unusual. But when someone has symptoms of the common cold come in close contact with an infant, they could be spreading more than just affection. Dr. Stefanie Schroeder, a pediatrician at Carle, said “someone […]
